UN / SYRIA CROSS-BORDER AID

09-Jan-2023 00:03:12
The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution extending the authorization for the Syria cross-border aid mechanism for an additional six months, until 10 July. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / SYRIA CROSS-BORDER AID
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DATELINE: 09 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
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RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

09 JANUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ishikane Kimihiro, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Japan:
“Will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document S/2023/18 please raise their hand?”
4. Pan left, Council members vote
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ishikane Kimihiro, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Japan:
“The result of the voting is as follows: the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. This draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2672.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Today's vote allows the Syrian people to breathe a sigh of relief. But while this lifeline will continue to operate, so much more could have been done, and so much more still needs to be done.”
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“There is no need to say that, as it currently stands, the resolution fails to reflect the aspirations of the Syrian people, who expect from the Security Council, in addition to humanitarian efforts, respect for Syria’s territorial integrity and sovereignty not in words but in deeds.”
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Sabbagh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syrian Arab Republic:
“In conclusion, my delegation reaffirms that improving the humanitarian situation in Syria requires a continuous development and improvement. Therefore, the technical extension of the resolution 2672 cannot be the adequate track to support this process.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. Pan left, ambassadors Baeriswyl and Filho walk to the Security Council stakeout
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Pascale Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Switzerland:
“The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate. In order to meet the growing humanitarian needs and to protect civilians, rapid, unimpeded, and sustainable humanitarian access across Syria is needed to deliver more lifesaving humanitarian assistance, as well as increased early recovery projects. The cross border mechanism remains the only viable option to deliver aid to date, as it is the most effective means of assistance for millions of people in northwest Syria.”

RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

13. Various shots, journalists covering stakeout

09 JANUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ronaldo Costa Filho, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Brazil:
“Our humanitarian objectives as penholders are clear: humanitarian assistance must reach all people in need in Syria, through cross border and cross line operations, as well as early recovery projects, which are essential to allow the Syrian people to become more self-reliant, and less dependent on humanitarian assistance.”
15. Pan right, ambassadors Baeriswyl and Filho walk away from the Security Council stakeout
STORYLINE
The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution extending the authorization for the Syria cross-border aid mechanism for an additional six months, until 10 July.

The authorization allows the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Syria from Türkiye via the Bab al-Hawa crossing without requiring the consent of the Syrian government.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States Permanent Representative to the UN, said the vote “allows the Syrian people to breathe a sigh of relief”, but added that “while this lifeline will continue to operate, so much more could have been done, and so much more still needs to be done.”

The Permanent Representative from Russia, Vasily Nebenzya, said that “there is no need to say that, as it currently stands, the resolution fails to reflect the aspirations of the Syrian people, who expect from the Security Council, in addition to humanitarian efforts, respect for Syria’s territorial integrity and sovereignty not in words but in deeds.”

Representing the Syrian Arab Republic, ambassador Bassam Sabbagh said his delegation “reaffirms that improving the humanitarian situation in Syria requires a continuous development and improvement.”

Therefore, Sabbagh continued, “the technical extension of the resolution 2672 cannot be the adequate track to support this process.”

After the meeting, the ambassadors from Switzerland and Brazil, the two countries who assumed the penholdership of the Syria humanitarian file this year, spoke to journalists at the stakeout.

Pascale Baeriswyl, the Permanent Representative from Switzerland, noted that “the humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate” and “in order to meet the growing humanitarian needs and to protect civilians, rapid, unimpeded, and sustainable humanitarian access across Syria is needed to deliver more lifesaving humanitarian assistance, as well as increased early recovery projects.”

According to Baeriswyl, “the cross border mechanism remains the only viable option to deliver aid to date, as it is the most effective means of assistance for millions of people in northwest Syria.”

Ronaldo Costa Filho, from Brazil, said that the “humanitarian objectives as penholders are clear: humanitarian assistance must reach all people in need in Syria, through cross border and cross line operations, as well as early recovery projects, which are essential to allow the Syrian people to become more self-reliant, and less dependent on humanitarian assistance.”
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